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mitch mcconnell stepping down. a.p. says senate republican leader is going to be in november after a records run in the job decision powerful ideological transition underway in the republican party from ronald reagan's brand traditional conservatism and strong international alliances in to the fiery and often isolationist populism of former president donald trump here is the senate minority leader today. >> when i got here i was just happy anybody remembered my name president reagan called me mitch o'donnell. close enough. i'm no longer the young man sitting in the back hoping colleagues would remember my name. it's time for the next generation of leadership there's his picture from the first time in the senate 1958 to today. senator mcconnell announcing the end of november end of the game. >> clear cut picture for donald trump. in terms the hard nosed politics going into this in election year for the senate, i think it gets harder for the republican senate committee to raise money without a strong leader like mitch mcc
mitch mcconnell stepping down. a.p. says senate republican leader is going to be in november after a records run in the job decision powerful ideological transition underway in the republican party from ronald reagan's brand traditional conservatism and strong international alliances in to the fiery and often isolationist populism of former president donald trump here is the senate minority leader today. >> when i got here i was just happy anybody remembered my name president reagan...
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claire, you worked opposite and in some cases alongside mitch mcconnell, talk to me about mitch mcconnell and the way he pulled the levers of power in his sort of laconic, low key way. >> well, he's a consummate lbj type leader. in other words, he knows how to count votes. he knows how to leverage members. he knows how to gain power. in fact, he would consider it a compliment that i would say that his career has been about leveraging power, whether it is decimaing campaign finance laws or changing every norm about the nomination of a supreme court justice, but make no mistake about this, andrea. this is a very strategic announcement because he is trying to gain the majority and trying to navigate the trump problem, and to do that, he needs to husband the forces within his caucus to keep a pro-trump extremist from becoming the leader if the republicans take the senate in november. so he is trying to accomplish two or three things at once with announcing it the way he has and when he has. >> and barbara mcquade, one other legal ramification that we should talk about is impeachment because r
claire, you worked opposite and in some cases alongside mitch mcconnell, talk to me about mitch mcconnell and the way he pulled the levers of power in his sort of laconic, low key way. >> well, he's a consummate lbj type leader. in other words, he knows how to count votes. he knows how to leverage members. he knows how to gain power. in fact, he would consider it a compliment that i would say that his career has been about leveraging power, whether it is decimaing campaign finance laws or...
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we start with our politics lead and the end of an era on capitol hill, senator mitch mcconnell, the longest serving congressional party leader in american history, announced today he's stepping down from his leadership role effective november the at two-year-old says he will continue to serve as a us senator representing the commonwealth of kentucky, but he says he's ready to pass the baton to a younger generation by which i mean, a bunch of guys in their '60s and '70s father time remains undefeated no longer their young man fitting in the back, hoping colleagues would remember my name it's time. the next generation of leadership >> now there is a good chance that that new generation of leadership means one of these three johns senate republican whip, john thune of south dakota senator john barrasso of wyoming, the conference chair or senator john cornyn of texas. cornyn so far has been the only ones that signal that he's going to jump into that race. but any man or woman who steps into mcconnell's shoes will have to lead a party that is in the end stages of morphing fully into the party of
we start with our politics lead and the end of an era on capitol hill, senator mitch mcconnell, the longest serving congressional party leader in american history, announced today he's stepping down from his leadership role effective november the at two-year-old says he will continue to serve as a us senator representing the commonwealth of kentucky, but he says he's ready to pass the baton to a younger generation by which i mean, a bunch of guys in their '60s and '70s father time remains...
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ryan, what happened overnight with mitch mcconnell? he was going to proceed with this border bill that senator langford, a very conservative republican compromised on with senator murphy. now what are the alternatives for getting anything done? >> to answer your secretary question, at this stage, there is no alternative. this is the only piece of legislation that is making its way through the congress that deals with all four of the separate national security emergencies. if this doesn't pass, they are going to have to start at square one. to answer your first question about what has happened, i believe the house republican leadership's insistence that this bill would be dead on arrival made it almost -- it was impossible for rank and file members of the senate to support this. this was never going to be an easy vote. these are always difficult votes. they usually require an overwhelming majority in order to get through. when it seemed very clear that the house just had no interest in taking up this legislation at all, that's when you
ryan, what happened overnight with mitch mcconnell? he was going to proceed with this border bill that senator langford, a very conservative republican compromised on with senator murphy. now what are the alternatives for getting anything done? >> to answer your secretary question, at this stage, there is no alternative. this is the only piece of legislation that is making its way through the congress that deals with all four of the separate national security emergencies. if this doesn't...
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and mitch mcconnell than the republican leader of the senate said, we're not going to have hearings. we're not going to we're not going to fill that seat. and the supreme court did not have nine justices for a long period of time. he said he was just going to wait for the next president to be elected. this was a new role that he invented. and then at the end the trump presidency died. yeah, yeah. >> at the end of the trump presidency he then went back and change the rules to fill it with amy coney barrett. so two of those justices are under these circumstances through the three trump justices. >> yeah, it's remarkable to look at that picture and also to see mitch mcconnell and trump's relationship and how it went from that symbiosis of putting a supreme court justice. there and having the hearings and two now, when he's stepping down from gop leadership, he's completely out of touch with the trump wing, which is the majority wing of his party. now rbg died during trump. i'm sorry. >> she was the one who every connie barrett place. yeah. i'm sorry. what was what was the one? it was me
and mitch mcconnell than the republican leader of the senate said, we're not going to have hearings. we're not going to we're not going to fill that seat. and the supreme court did not have nine justices for a long period of time. he said he was just going to wait for the next president to be elected. this was a new role that he invented. and then at the end the trump presidency died. yeah, yeah. >> at the end of the trump presidency he then went back and change the rules to fill it with...
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mitch mcconnell is a man of the senate and a party man. politics for him is first, second, and third. he'll get on board with the nominee. i don't think he'll do so with enthusiasm, but he wants to retake control of the senate. he recognizes a divided party is going to undermine his party's chances of taking back control of the senate. he wants the party singing with one voice about their nominee and will do that. look, mcconnell knows what happened in 2016 with trump created challenges for his party and he wants to be on board with walking away from the leadership with a majority rather than a minority. >>> shortly after announcing his retirement, the freedom caucus mocked mcconnell, writing on social media, quote, "our thoughts are with our democrat colleagues in the senate on the retirement of their co-majority leader mitch mcconnell." then they put, "d-ukraine." "no need to wait until november. senate republicans should immediately represent a republican leader." my head hurts. jackie alemany, come on. we have a lot on the table moving
mitch mcconnell is a man of the senate and a party man. politics for him is first, second, and third. he'll get on board with the nominee. i don't think he'll do so with enthusiasm, but he wants to retake control of the senate. he recognizes a divided party is going to undermine his party's chances of taking back control of the senate. he wants the party singing with one voice about their nominee and will do that. look, mcconnell knows what happened in 2016 with trump created challenges for his...
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. >> is it time for mitch mcconnell to go? >> i think it is. >> as the bipartisan border deal falls apart. >> i think we can all agree that senator cruz is not a fan. >> senate republicans are expected to block a vote on the border and national security package after g.o.p. leader mitch mcconnell couldn't get half the conference to back it. today, he pushed back on blame for misreading his colleagues. >> i followed the instructions of my conference. things have changed over the last four months. and it's been made perfectly clear by the speaker that he wouldn't take it up. >> the house speaker rejoicing the stale meat. >> we welcome that development. because this is a matter that must be addressed in a manner that actually solves the problem. >> while democrats lash out they don't have the backbone, the guts, the spine to brandishments of trump. >> the chair also says the hispanic caucus says the bail fails to meet the moment while senator alex padilla a hard no demands protections legal pathways for the undocumented. >> not a
. >> is it time for mitch mcconnell to go? >> i think it is. >> as the bipartisan border deal falls apart. >> i think we can all agree that senator cruz is not a fan. >> senate republicans are expected to block a vote on the border and national security package after g.o.p. leader mitch mcconnell couldn't get half the conference to back it. today, he pushed back on blame for misreading his colleagues. >> i followed the instructions of my conference. things...
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mcconnell was in the room for the entirety of the negotiation, and in the, and even mitch mcconnell voted against it. only three others jay and james lankford on the floor today. >> what's interesting in your response there, i can sense from you you spent a lot of time working on this. this wasn't a, you are proud of this bill. to your, point on the substance, on the merit, it's like, it wasn't like, well, we have to do this to get x y and z and were bashed into a political corner. like, you think this is a real issue, but there were a real, serious people trying to do it in a way that was going to be a classic sort of give and take, half a loaf situation, but was gonna be better than status quo and basically make things better for the country at the border. like, in that improvement that you are proud to go around and try to get votes for and pass and have become law? >> listen, i think you are watching the issue of migration take down left and center left governments all around the world right now. i think we're at the point where if we didn't bring some sense of order to the bord
mcconnell was in the room for the entirety of the negotiation, and in the, and even mitch mcconnell voted against it. only three others jay and james lankford on the floor today. >> what's interesting in your response there, i can sense from you you spent a lot of time working on this. this wasn't a, you are proud of this bill. to your, point on the substance, on the merit, it's like, it wasn't like, well, we have to do this to get x y and z and were bashed into a political corner. like,...
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mitch mcconnell told senators behind closed doors that the mood had changed. that over the course of four months that negotiations on this bipartisan package had started -- this was in november, toward the end of last year -- that the environment had changed. we had gotten, essentially, more explicitly, too close to november and there was no longer conditions to push this through, especially as you've heard speaker johnson, elise stefanik, and house gop leadership declare they're not even going to put this on the floor for a vote. there is a feeling that if it is not going to make it for a vote, you know, why would mcconnell put some of his senators in a bad position and force them to take what is a hard vote? now, it's really incumbent on democrats to message this properly and really communicate all of the contradictions we're seeing at play here. republicans, you know, banging the drum on border security in the legal immigration while refusing to push through a bill that the staunchly conservative border patrol union endorsed and would codify into law some o
mitch mcconnell told senators behind closed doors that the mood had changed. that over the course of four months that negotiations on this bipartisan package had started -- this was in november, toward the end of last year -- that the environment had changed. we had gotten, essentially, more explicitly, too close to november and there was no longer conditions to push this through, especially as you've heard speaker johnson, elise stefanik, and house gop leadership declare they're not even going...
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the only good news is mitch mcconnell admitted earlier today it's dead. not only would this bill do nothing to secure the border, it could as written actually codify all of biden's aiding and abetting of illegal immigrants and lawbreaking into law. they know deep down it's total bs. earlier today on my radio show senator rand paul from kentucky joined us. some republican senators wanted to keep all the details that they were putting in this bill away from people like me. specifically because they knew how bad this legislation is for conservatives. basically it's not me. they didn't want you to hear about it. by the way, this is what he said to me. take a listen. to make i will tell you what i hear behind the scenes. i hear from people in our caucus who talked to sources that say we need to make sure sean hannity is not talking about this to laura ingraham. conservatives kept it secret. that was said out loud in our caucus and said this has to be kept and cannot be allowed to go in front of the conservative talk show host. they cannot be allowed to discuss
the only good news is mitch mcconnell admitted earlier today it's dead. not only would this bill do nothing to secure the border, it could as written actually codify all of biden's aiding and abetting of illegal immigrants and lawbreaking into law. they know deep down it's total bs. earlier today on my radio show senator rand paul from kentucky joined us. some republican senators wanted to keep all the details that they were putting in this bill away from people like me. specifically because...
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because mitch mcconnell is very good at obstruction in the same way we saw with kevin mccarthy. kevin mccarthy maybe wasn't graded his job, he was better at his job than mike johnson. and that redounded to the republicans benefit. >> as house went from kevin mccarthy to make johnson, so the senate goes for mitch mcconnell to someone named john. >> someone named john. michelle goldberg, thank you for helping me ride the chariot into darkness tonight. i appreciate your time, my friend. that's our show for tonight. now it's time for the last world with don lawrence o'donnell. good evening on this big newsnight. >> good evening, alex. and of course we have our supreme court experts with us, neal katyal and laurence tribe. they've got a lot to say. and i'm gonna get straight to it. >> do it. >> thank you, alex. thank you. >>> lost in the fog of today's supreme court news is the hard fact that donald trump is still scheduled to go to trial in manhattan on march 25th to face criminal charges in his first criminal trial, charges that he tried to effect the results of the 2016 presidenti
because mitch mcconnell is very good at obstruction in the same way we saw with kevin mccarthy. kevin mccarthy maybe wasn't graded his job, he was better at his job than mike johnson. and that redounded to the republicans benefit. >> as house went from kevin mccarthy to make johnson, so the senate goes for mitch mcconnell to someone named john. >> someone named john. michelle goldberg, thank you for helping me ride the chariot into darkness tonight. i appreciate your time, my...
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>> i am more respect for mitch mcconnell today doing what he thinks is right and doing what is truly right for our country. we have had our differences philosophically and ideology wise, i understand that. he understands this process and he understands the senate. defending the filibuster which i defend which every breath that i have. we have to work together because it allows us an mandate that we do it. that is what keeps this country different from any other place in the world. the sun is a special place, he gets that. he is stepping up and trying to push his caucus it if you will, in that direction. i cannot believe they've done what they did. if i can go home and explain it, i'm fine with it. no president will tell me what to do and no leader of any party will tell me what to do and i have always been that person. for someone to threaten me, go ahead and defeat me. i would not want to be here anyway. >> you alluded to earlier in this conversation, washington will not be fixed from the inside, needs to be fixed from the outside. you're not running for re- election of the senate.
>> i am more respect for mitch mcconnell today doing what he thinks is right and doing what is truly right for our country. we have had our differences philosophically and ideology wise, i understand that. he understands this process and he understands the senate. defending the filibuster which i defend which every breath that i have. we have to work together because it allows us an mandate that we do it. that is what keeps this country different from any other place in the world. the sun...
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idiculou, you standted cr with ted cruz and his comments about mitch mcconnell. where do you stand on that? oh, i wasn't in the room when that comments were made. but i can tell you this without any question. what needs to see is a united republican party telling the factins they are. the facts are very simple, sean. the presidenthe fae simplet thed states, joe biden does not need legislative action does to seco our border. why do we know that to be a fact? because know thae donald trump d our border without the legislate out of actione from the body. he did so by creating like remain in mexico and precipitously sag pow the dp in illegal crossings. what we know is crossia preside, the guts, the will, the intestinal fortitude to secur, the our border can get done. we've seen it done once. we've we know four more years. >> we were better off undere bi trump. well, that's now the big lie. let me play comments president trump madelilemments p his interview of maria bartiromo and they had to deal with you. >> let's listen. you know, i called tim scottalle thisd ti bec
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mitch mcconnell was trying to find some way to send money to ukraine. that's what this is all about for him. i think he now realizes that he's exhausted everything that they can do here. it's not surprising. we've talked about this before. immigration is the single hardest thing for us to be able to do. leaving donald trump aside, this was going to be very hard to do, just because of the incentives of the republicans to cater to that base again. but donald trump walking into this day's even issue guaranteed it wasn't going to happen, and it's surprising that it took that long for mcconnell to say it out loud. >> i'll say. the only good thing to come of this is my understanding of the history of cabinet impeachments, and it goes back to william belknap in 1876, when it was a serious thing. brendan buck, my friend, thank you for your time tonight. >> good to see you. >> that is our show for tonight, now it's time to the last word with lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence. evenin >> good evening, alex. tonight's tonight, i just can't take it anymore.
mitch mcconnell was trying to find some way to send money to ukraine. that's what this is all about for him. i think he now realizes that he's exhausted everything that they can do here. it's not surprising. we've talked about this before. immigration is the single hardest thing for us to be able to do. leaving donald trump aside, this was going to be very hard to do, just because of the incentives of the republicans to cater to that base again. but donald trump walking into this day's even...
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obviously, mitch mcconnell's a lifelong republican and has helped stack the supreme court with three trump justices, but will get to that later. but i wonder what you think the next republican leader in the senate will look like. and if you have any concerns about that, i think it's a very open question and depending on who comes the next majority, minority leader for the republicans? will determine the tenor of the senate. and we've already seen these extreme maga elements in the house and how they have made it impossible for a republican speaker to pass even the most basic procedural moves forward like a rule, which is necessary to pass a law you could see that sort of things seep into the senate and that would be i just think it would bode very poorly for governance and for being able to do the basic minimums of governance. >> so you think it will, it could fundamentally change how the institution itself works. >> it's certainly could, and i think though will be a debate within the republican caucus about whether they want a leader who can navigate, who can compromise, or whether
obviously, mitch mcconnell's a lifelong republican and has helped stack the supreme court with three trump justices, but will get to that later. but i wonder what you think the next republican leader in the senate will look like. and if you have any concerns about that, i think it's a very open question and depending on who comes the next majority, minority leader for the republicans? will determine the tenor of the senate. and we've already seen these extreme maga elements in the house and how...
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joe biden, mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer. any truth to that? >> the reports are accurate. they said that i was on an island by myself and it was me versus everyone else in the room. what the liberal media doesn't understand, if you're here in washington and you're described as a leader that is on an island by themselves, it probably means you're standing with the american people. i reminded the president and all involved that the number 1 issue in america is that hop border. the catastrophe that we have that president biden designed than he caused and created. i told him as i have many times before, he must address it with an executive authority. we can't wait longer. >> sean: my understanding is you're referring to this as a process cr. the appropriations bills should have been done but october 1. six by march 8 and another six by march 22. correct me if i'm wrong. do you have faith and confidence that those appropriations will get done? >> yeah, it's been a fight, sean. it's taken a long time. we broke the omnibus fever in washington where the democrats would jam the hou
joe biden, mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer. any truth to that? >> the reports are accurate. they said that i was on an island by myself and it was me versus everyone else in the room. what the liberal media doesn't understand, if you're here in washington and you're described as a leader that is on an island by themselves, it probably means you're standing with the american people. i reminded the president and all involved that the number 1 issue in america is that hop border. the...
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>> this was a huge recruiting coup for mitch mcconnell. because larry hogan had previously put the senate seat off to the side and said that he wasn't running. look, larry hogan is a very popular two term governor in the state of maryland, which, we often describe as a blue state. i think it makes the race far more competitive. it's really going to matter who democrats choose as their nominee. and it's going to have to be somebody who either has deep pockets themselves or has the ability to raise a lot of money, because republicans are going to be putting a ton of money into the small state of maryland. we haven't had a competitive republican candidate for senate in 44 years. we haven't had a republican in the senate for 44 years. and i think that maryland democrats outnumber republicans 2 to 1 in our state. but it's going to take a lot of work to get the job done. >> david, this tuesday, new york's third congressional district will hold a special election to replace george santos after he was ousted from the house last year. if democrat t
>> this was a huge recruiting coup for mitch mcconnell. because larry hogan had previously put the senate seat off to the side and said that he wasn't running. look, larry hogan is a very popular two term governor in the state of maryland, which, we often describe as a blue state. i think it makes the race far more competitive. it's really going to matter who democrats choose as their nominee. and it's going to have to be somebody who either has deep pockets themselves or has the ability...
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caroline, in the senate you have ted cruz and others saying mitch mcconnell should step down from his leadership post. mcconnell now going up against what's become a trump party. is this, as the press would have it, a sign of chaos? >> it's not a sign of chaos in the sense that there's this terrible disruption and lack of unity in the gop. i think on the question of mayorkas a'er the restriction oy alongside biden, it's almost unanimous. it's, like, the easiest issue at this point for both independents and moderates to agree on as well as democrats and republicans. it's an absolute chaotic situation at our southern border. it's flooding into so many communities across this country. and so i think there is general consent among the republican caucus but, yeah, mitch mcconnell, he's miscalculated a number of different things. and so i think, i think, you know, younger generations are recognizing that. howard: almost unanimous among republicans but, of course, almost doesn't count. how serious should the press take these rumblings that the new speaker, mike mike johnson, could lose his j
caroline, in the senate you have ted cruz and others saying mitch mcconnell should step down from his leadership post. mcconnell now going up against what's become a trump party. is this, as the press would have it, a sign of chaos? >> it's not a sign of chaos in the sense that there's this terrible disruption and lack of unity in the gop. i think on the question of mayorkas a'er the restriction oy alongside biden, it's almost unanimous. it's, like, the easiest issue at this point for...
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mitch mcconnell didn't take yes for an answer. the beginning of the day yesterday, it was promising. toward the end of the day he said, it's changed. that's because of donald trump. >> you are a former intelligence chair. you have foreign policy credentials going back, the gang of eight. you are going to the munich security conference. in congress doesn't pass ukraine aid, how do american lawmakers representing our government hold our -- hold your heads up in germany next week when nato came through with billions but we have weapons that they don't have that ukraine needs? the atacms and air defenses. ukraine is without ammo we are told in the trenches. vladimir putin has more people, more men that can go into the fight, because the casualties don't seem to bother him. >> what's heartbreaking is that we have all praised the courage of the ukrainian people fighting for their democracy and fighting for theirs and fighting for democracy writ large. we have overwhelming votes, over 300 in the house for the military assistance for ukra
mitch mcconnell didn't take yes for an answer. the beginning of the day yesterday, it was promising. toward the end of the day he said, it's changed. that's because of donald trump. >> you are a former intelligence chair. you have foreign policy credentials going back, the gang of eight. you are going to the munich security conference. in congress doesn't pass ukraine aid, how do american lawmakers representing our government hold our -- hold your heads up in germany next week when nato...
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>> yeah so, mitch mcconnell must be thrilled his top recruit said yes. but let's face it, erik hovde owns a 2. 8 billion dollar california bank, has a 7 million dollar california laguna beach mansion, and was named most influential person in orange county three years in a row. we don't have an orange county in wisconsin, we don't grow oranges here. he is definitely a californian. but not only did mitch mcconnell get a great recruit from their respective, but he also has somebody who is going to tow the mcconnell agenda. -- hovde supports a national abortion ban, he supports cutting social security. and he also wants to overturn or repeal the affordable care act. he is going to self-fund, he says he is going to put 20 million of his own money into this race. i cannot self funds, anybody watching who wants to help us fight back, go to tammy baldwin. com. >> it sounds like he can put in a lot more than $20 million. >> i think he can. he has said, he offered that figure up last year, when he was considering getting into the race. now he is in. as i've said,
>> yeah so, mitch mcconnell must be thrilled his top recruit said yes. but let's face it, erik hovde owns a 2. 8 billion dollar california bank, has a 7 million dollar california laguna beach mansion, and was named most influential person in orange county three years in a row. we don't have an orange county in wisconsin, we don't grow oranges here. he is definitely a californian. but not only did mitch mcconnell get a great recruit from their respective, but he also has somebody who is...
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the kentucky senator mitch mcconnell now says the bill stands no chance of becoming law. quite an about-face. the foreign aid component of the bill may still stand a chance. majority leader chuck schumer expected to move forward with a stand-alone bill later today on that participate of the package. let's bring julie tsirkin back in. julie, majority leader schumer says today we're still going to have this cloture vote to begin debate with no expectation it will get the 60 votes needed to pass. republicans standing in the way, again, of the bill they demanded. what happens from here? >> schumer played this smartly when he initially set up the procedural vote on the bill including the bipartisan border security bill as a part of it. he was vague in the way he set it up so that just in case republicans about-faced on the border, which, let's be clear, they did. i want to talk about that briefly after this. he did that so he could bring up the bipartisan supplemental without the border security piece of it, means just funding for ukraine, the endo pacific, humanitarian assist
the kentucky senator mitch mcconnell now says the bill stands no chance of becoming law. quite an about-face. the foreign aid component of the bill may still stand a chance. majority leader chuck schumer expected to move forward with a stand-alone bill later today on that participate of the package. let's bring julie tsirkin back in. julie, majority leader schumer says today we're still going to have this cloture vote to begin debate with no expectation it will get the 60 votes needed to pass....
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. >> chuck >> schumer, mitch mcconnell. mitch mcconnell said you better get them over here on a hell of a fast or some terminology like that. yeah. i mean, this is ridiculous. it's fleet it with the secretary of army, we played with him to appeal to the secretary of defense. oh, it's going to take a long time. i'm i have to go talk to my both all of that. what so sad is the district of columbia, unlike any state in the union, the head of the district of columbia does not have the authority to call up the national guard that has to be from the executive branch. and they know they didn't do it. and now they tried to turn turn it around, but that's the story of his presidency, always projecting his own failures and then trying to put it onto somebody else. it's really a sad situation for a country because he's been a national security risk he was a personal risk that day for so many people were injured, hundreds, over 100 police officers, law enforcement people were injured, some people died. and this person doesn't even know
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i mean, we saw that on capitol hill and, you know, i think beyond brian kemp, we look at mitch mcconnell and sort of mitch mcconnell wanting this border deal to go through in recent days, encouraging his conference to support it and not even his own leadership team lined up behind him to do that. donald trump wanted to kill it because he didn't want to give joe biden a win. that's ultimately what ended up happening. i mean, so clearly, you know, as rick was just saying, what the former president says he wants is going right now. >> jonathan: steve bannon said to me this week, look what we've done in a few months. we got rid of mccarthy, got rid of mcdaniel. we're getting rid of mcconnell. i mean, in reality, mcconnell can't be removed as leader, but he's effectively not the leader anymore. >> yeah. i think the past few days have really shown his leadership has waned. he had a lot of influence on them. he could shepherd them to go in a direction of his choosing and clearly we're seeing that fade, and not only that with his critics, but people like ted cruz, mike lee who are calling for hi
i mean, we saw that on capitol hill and, you know, i think beyond brian kemp, we look at mitch mcconnell and sort of mitch mcconnell wanting this border deal to go through in recent days, encouraging his conference to support it and not even his own leadership team lined up behind him to do that. donald trump wanted to kill it because he didn't want to give joe biden a win. that's ultimately what ended up happening. i mean, so clearly, you know, as rick was just saying, what the former...
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republican leader mitch mcconnell reminding his party this is something they've wanted for years. >> senate republicans have insisted, not just for months, but for years, that this urgent crisis demanded action. >> reporter: and now, the conservative-leaning border patrol union announcing it supports the deal. the $118 billion dollar package adds $20 billion to strengthen the border -- hiring new officers and border patrol agents. it includes a trigger mechanism -- when migrant apprehensions reach 5,000 a day, the border would automatically shut down. and it makes it harder for migrants to claim asylum, expediting the process to address the backlog. it also contains $60 billion for ukraine, and $14 billion for israel. but the bill's future now deeply uncertain. republicans increasingly under pressure from donald trump to kill the bill. trump wants to run on immigration in november, and today called the deal a "great gift to democrats, and a death wish for the republican party." now, many top republicans who wanted a deal are doing an about-face. this was house speaker mike johnson in
republican leader mitch mcconnell reminding his party this is something they've wanted for years. >> senate republicans have insisted, not just for months, but for years, that this urgent crisis demanded action. >> reporter: and now, the conservative-leaning border patrol union announcing it supports the deal. the $118 billion dollar package adds $20 billion to strengthen the border -- hiring new officers and border patrol agents. it includes a trigger mechanism -- when migrant...
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. >> reporter: less than an hour later, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell acknowledging the bill is going nowhere. >> it looks to me and most of our members that we have no real chance here to make a law. >> reporter: mcconnell, who supported the compromise, pointing out the irony. republicans were the ones pushing for border security legislation in the first place. >> i mean, it's actually our side that wanted to tackle the border issue. we started it. >> reporter: the bill, which was endorsed by the conservative-leaning border patrol union, pumps $20 billion into border security. it includes a trigger mechanism, when migrant apprehensions reach 5,000 a day, the border would automatically shut down. and it makes it harder for migrants to claim asylum. all things republicans had asked for. democrats furious. "i've never seen anything like it," says senator brian schatz of hawaii. "they literally demanded specific policy, got it, and then killed it." this is what republican house speaker mike johnson said in november, saying without a border security bill, there would be no new fu
. >> reporter: less than an hour later, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell acknowledging the bill is going nowhere. >> it looks to me and most of our members that we have no real chance here to make a law. >> reporter: mcconnell, who supported the compromise, pointing out the irony. republicans were the ones pushing for border security legislation in the first place. >> i mean, it's actually our side that wanted to tackle the border issue. we started it. >>...
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he will could punt this to a special committee chosen by him and mitch mcconnell. or he can file a motion to dismiss this and that only needs a simple majority. you mentioned the special election. in new york city it was critical for republicans to move on this impeachment quickly and do it tonight before the polls closeed in new york. this is george santos's seat. if that were to flip to democrats, that would mean an even slimmer majority for speaker johnson and the numbers more of a problem. >> sean: we will watch that. a little trivia. my gold district when i lived i new york. i can't vote there anymore. we will check in with tim scott and anothers. biden's disastrous start to the month. it got worse today. tony bobulinski delivered bombshell testimony to lawmakers on the hand about the bind impeachment inter. -- inquiry. tony bobulinski said joe was involved in hunter's shady dealings. he denied in 2020 as a candidate and denied it as president. joe is a liar. he lied to you over and over again. we should refresh your memory. >> how many times have you spoken t
he will could punt this to a special committee chosen by him and mitch mcconnell. or he can file a motion to dismiss this and that only needs a simple majority. you mentioned the special election. in new york city it was critical for republicans to move on this impeachment quickly and do it tonight before the polls closeed in new york. this is george santos's seat. if that were to flip to democrats, that would mean an even slimmer majority for speaker johnson and the numbers more of a problem....
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joe biden, mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer. >> any truth to that? a well, the reports are pretty accurate. accurthey said that i was on a island by myself and it was me versus else in the room.'t >> what the liberal media doesn't understand, john, is tharstand, e het if you're ht in washington and you're described as a leader that's on an islands on by themselves,i probably means you're standing with the american people. and that's what i dit probabd yesterday. i reminded the president and all involved that thsident a e number one issue in america is that open border, the catastrophe that we have the president biden himself designede that, he caused and created. and i told him, just as ire have manated ay before, he mustt address it with his executive authority. >> we can't wait any longer. >> my understanding is you're referring to this as a process c.r. this will be the force for a continuing resolution in washington. these bills, the appropriations bills should have been done by october one, as you know. apparently, six of them are expected to be
joe biden, mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer. >> any truth to that? a well, the reports are pretty accurate. accurthey said that i was on a island by myself and it was me versus else in the room.'t >> what the liberal media doesn't understand, john, is tharstand, e het if you're ht in washington and you're described as a leader that's on an islands on by themselves,i probably means you're standing with the american people. and that's what i dit probabd yesterday. i reminded the...
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mitch mcconnell had a magic number of gop colleagues he wants to get there. that's seemingly unlikely. there's growing discussion that this is going to end up being some separate bills after all. speaker johnson already put one forth just on israel. unclear what happens to ukraine. now, it seems like the border is going to go unaddressed, and this is something that poll after poll shows americans want its leaders to deal with. republicans for months have said, we will, until donald trump said, i'd like to preserve that as a campaign issue. what i'm told here, this is the make or break week for this bill. at the moment, there is an expectation that it'll fail. if it is defeated, i think we will then see, elise, i think, a real push for president biden to head to the border and say -- and it's not going to happen until it's done. he's not going this week. but when this is done and if it fails, he'll go there and say, "i was willing to sign this, the toughest border security bill in history." aides tell me that'll be the message. republicans are in the way. >> i
mitch mcconnell had a magic number of gop colleagues he wants to get there. that's seemingly unlikely. there's growing discussion that this is going to end up being some separate bills after all. speaker johnson already put one forth just on israel. unclear what happens to ukraine. now, it seems like the border is going to go unaddressed, and this is something that poll after poll shows americans want its leaders to deal with. republicans for months have said, we will, until donald trump said,...
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he is now facing backlash from republicans helping to lead this effort and mitch mcconnell facing questions about his own political future. so tensions high inside the gop all while democrats are saying they're going to try to campaign on this issue and hammer republicans for not doing anything to solve the border crisis. >> langford's facing republican backlash for negotiating with democrats and independent senator sinema. the most conservative border compromise that i have seen in 25 years of covering this issue. it's unbelievable. so anyway, melanie, the senate, there's the stand alone bill being offered now, which is originally what democrats wanted to offer in the fall. for israel, ukraine, taiwan. what's going on with that? >> so the senate is taking a procedural vote but the key test vote isn't coming up until later. right now, senators are engaged in an urgent round of discussions to come up with a path forward, but it is still really unclear whether they're going to have the 60 votes they need in order to advance this in the senate and it's also facing questions about what would ha
he is now facing backlash from republicans helping to lead this effort and mitch mcconnell facing questions about his own political future. so tensions high inside the gop all while democrats are saying they're going to try to campaign on this issue and hammer republicans for not doing anything to solve the border crisis. >> langford's facing republican backlash for negotiating with democrats and independent senator sinema. the most conservative border compromise that i have seen in 25...
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. >> republican lawmakers are beginning to poll their support from the deal, mitch mcconnell, said that the bill will not become law. for a quick reminder of how we got here, republicans assisted on changes to immigration policy that they be added to any package that included aid to ukraine and israel. senate democrats and one independent went along with that and created a bipartisan bill, what the concern wall street journal editorial board today that was by any reckoning, the most restrictive migrant legislation in decades. they meant that as a compliment. republicans are refusing to take yes for an answer and donald trump wants to use the border crisis as an election issue. with us now to discuss is senator kyrsten sinema of arizona , one of the three lead negotiators on the border deal. is your deal already dead back >> unfortunately, jake, it appears politics have overtaken practical policy. when my colleagues said, in september, that the border crisis was a national security imperative and must be paired with a solution to fight russia and stand with our allies in israel and to st
. >> republican lawmakers are beginning to poll their support from the deal, mitch mcconnell, said that the bill will not become law. for a quick reminder of how we got here, republicans assisted on changes to immigration policy that they be added to any package that included aid to ukraine and israel. senate democrats and one independent went along with that and created a bipartisan bill, what the concern wall street journal editorial board today that was by any reckoning, the most...
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. >> well, and when mitch mcconnell is leaning in on the house republican speaker, it's not just mitch mcconnell. it's mitch mcconnell, john thune, it's the leadership. >> it's the republicans. >> the house republicans. this is a republican party. >> as well as republicans in the house that are running committees. >> against a small portion, the far right republicans, marjorie taylor green and matt gaetz. the way johnson came out looking trying to put on a brave front, but we are told he really -- they really came down on him and what's interesting to me, after the other leaders had left, biden pulled him aside and spoke to him and i would like to know what biden said to him, but i'm sure it was like, look, man, do you want go down as the person who gave ukraine to putin. something like that. >> sam, what did he say? >> what do you know? >> i wish i was there. >> hey, man, what did you think of the fire? no. that was for you. that was for you. no. it was about ukraine. obviously, everyone knows what's going on here. mike johnson is the stopgap for not just a ukraine bill, but the natio
. >> well, and when mitch mcconnell is leaning in on the house republican speaker, it's not just mitch mcconnell. it's mitch mcconnell, john thune, it's the leadership. >> it's the republicans. >> the house republicans. this is a republican party. >> as well as republicans in the house that are running committees. >> against a small portion, the far right republicans, marjorie taylor green and matt gaetz. the way johnson came out looking trying to put on a brave...
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mcconnell, who have been trying and hoping to -- for additional ukraine aid. but, as mcconnell has noted in private behind closed doors, the politics of this issue has just really changed for republicans. a huge reason for that, anderson, is former president donald trump who has been lobbying privately and publicly, republicans to reject this deal. >> melanie zanona, thank you very much. joining us now is colorado republican congressman, thank you for meeting with us. have you had a chance to review this and have you made a decision whether to support it or not? >> i have skipped the bill, i have not read it completely. i've talked to my staff about the bill and, frankly, we won't make a decision one way or the other until the senate passes the bill with its amendments. i have no idea what the bill is going to look like a few weeks for now. my understanding with wednesday vote is a lot of the senators asked for more time to read it and that is why they're going to delay until after wednesday, to consider it on the floor. >> the national border patrol council,
mcconnell, who have been trying and hoping to -- for additional ukraine aid. but, as mcconnell has noted in private behind closed doors, the politics of this issue has just really changed for republicans. a huge reason for that, anderson, is former president donald trump who has been lobbying privately and publicly, republicans to reject this deal. >> melanie zanona, thank you very much. joining us now is colorado republican congressman, thank you for meeting with us. have you had a...
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. >> reporter: minority leader mitch mcconnell is still continuing to work to get support within his conference. when pressed by whether or not he was planning to back the bill he did not answer. we should note he often does not engage in hallway interviews. but he had answered the previous question. >>> walk us through what is in this bill. how would it impact border security? >> reporter: this is a major piece of legislation. and what it does overhaul border policy. it includes $20 billion to change policies at the southern border to get more resources down to the southern border. in addition it makes it much harder to qualify for asylum in this country even get started in that process. and those who don't qualify in that initial interview are more quickly deported. it also speeds up the process so instead of it taking up to 10 years it would just take a matter of months. the bill also creates a new emergency authority to ensure that president biden can shut down the border if border crossings reach a certain threshold. it requires that if those border crossings reach a threshold o
. >> reporter: minority leader mitch mcconnell is still continuing to work to get support within his conference. when pressed by whether or not he was planning to back the bill he did not answer. we should note he often does not engage in hallway interviews. but he had answered the previous question. >>> walk us through what is in this bill. how would it impact border security? >> reporter: this is a major piece of legislation. and what it does overhaul border policy. it...
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>> it says to me once again that speaker johnson is not in control, mitch mcconnell is not in control. senator langford, who negotiated with murphy and cinema is not in control. donald trump is in control. donald trump signaled before the text was even presented weeks earlier don't do this bill. and the bill, even though it got 67 votes, even if it gets out of the senate, it is not going anywhere in the house. that is what is so unfortunate about what is happening. we decide the competence of speaker johnson and the mess he had to deal with in his own chamber. nothing is going to get done. >> did republicans miss their best chance for some kind of border bill? >> for sure, for a generation. trump said election asus to pass the bill, and they did. i wish that was all it was. it is deeper than that. republicans are not only bowing to trunk, he is in their brains, they are thinking like trump. how does democracy work? a negotiation, they meet, you hope to improve on the status quo. it is most one-sided compromise i've ever seen. the republican party got pretty much every thing, democrats
>> it says to me once again that speaker johnson is not in control, mitch mcconnell is not in control. senator langford, who negotiated with murphy and cinema is not in control. donald trump is in control. donald trump signaled before the text was even presented weeks earlier don't do this bill. and the bill, even though it got 67 votes, even if it gets out of the senate, it is not going anywhere in the house. that is what is so unfortunate about what is happening. we decide the...
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. >> now there are reports mitch mcconnell might be in favor the taking the border out if it's not going to get resolved and at least separating that out and doing the ukraine funding. would you support that? >> andrea, i spoke to liter -- leader mcconnell about that this week. hins determined to get funding. it would be a mistake after months of republicans saying this demands legislative action for the republicans then to turn around and say, never mind, we don't need any legislative solution here, when a conservative champion of conservative principals on immigration, james langford, drove a hard bargain and got to a point that would put in law a number of the most conservative changes in asylum practice and in deportation practices we have seen in a long time. i think it would be a mistake for us to step away from this larger package. i'm concerned about getting funding to ukraine, about getting funds for humanitarian relief into gaza, into ukraine, and for a dozen other countries that are not often mentioned, from sudan to somalia to the central african republic to afghanistan to sy
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leader mitch mcconnell the nail in the coffin as nearly every republican and several democrats blocked the bipartisan border deal from getting a vote on the senate floor. >> i just voted no on the border bill. i think it makes it worse. >> i came to serve in the senate because it's a serious place. a day like today makes it hard to believe in that. >> chuck schumer pivoting to backup plan a global aid package without the controversial border policy. that $95 billion bill would include 60 billion for ukraine, 14 billion for israel. 9 billion for humanitarian aid to gaza ukraine and 4 billion to taiwan and indo-pacific. schumer says he will allow amendments and hopes the house will take it up. >> the house is in chaos. it doesn't behoove the speaker well to block everything. >> speaker mike johnson hasn't shut the door yet, after failing to pass a stand alone israel aid package last night. and fumbling the impeachment of dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas. >> i think he'll learn. mike is a good man. i haven't lost confidence in him. >> thomas massie less forgiving writing on x name one thi
leader mitch mcconnell the nail in the coffin as nearly every republican and several democrats blocked the bipartisan border deal from getting a vote on the senate floor. >> i just voted no on the border bill. i think it makes it worse. >> i came to serve in the senate because it's a serious place. a day like today makes it hard to believe in that. >> chuck schumer pivoting to backup plan a global aid package without the controversial border policy. that $95 billion bill would...
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mcconnell, but i'm talking about donald trump, of course. who now, he's facing almost a half billion dollars in penalties and a three-year ban on leading a business here in new york. after the civil fraud case against him, his two oldest sons, and several of his associates found that they massively overvalued trump's properties. that former president says he'll appeal the decision, but in the meantime what is your reaction to the latest legal hit against that former president? >> good afternoon, right, thanks for me on. i was a voting rights lawyer, so this isn't exactly my area of law. but i have a different experience former president with trump, which is i was on the house floor on january 6th. and i saw that mob at the doors. in fact, i thought i would have to defend my colleagues from that mob. and i have felt very strongly, hey should never come anywhere near at the presidency again. we are seeing courses play out in courts across the country, both on the civil and criminal side, i think we both agree on this. we have to make sure we p
mcconnell, but i'm talking about donald trump, of course. who now, he's facing almost a half billion dollars in penalties and a three-year ban on leading a business here in new york. after the civil fraud case against him, his two oldest sons, and several of his associates found that they massively overvalued trump's properties. that former president says he'll appeal the decision, but in the meantime what is your reaction to the latest legal hit against that former president? >> good...
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. >> we are hearing from the senate tonight that mitch mcconnell is along with other senators, at least now abandoning the bipartisan border security immigration bill that he helped negotiate. there was -- in times past, this would have been impossible but if it happened it would have been such a campaign when, instantaneously. for president biden. i just wondered if all of this sounds too confusing for the voters who care about this issue? >> we are going to find. out i will tell you that having to run on for keeping the border and chaos, and letting putin win, i don't know man that's a pretty tough -- in the coming this is a sign of the republicans living in this incredible bubble that there. and they are so discontent connected from reality and from what the consequences of their actions, and they were treated increasingly into this right- wing bubble that's coming -- and somehow they've convinced themselves that this is a good strategy. making the country far-left safe and making sure the worst is endangered, and the country, the united states in the world are far less secure. that'
. >> we are hearing from the senate tonight that mitch mcconnell is along with other senators, at least now abandoning the bipartisan border security immigration bill that he helped negotiate. there was -- in times past, this would have been impossible but if it happened it would have been such a campaign when, instantaneously. for president biden. i just wondered if all of this sounds too confusing for the voters who care about this issue? >> we are going to find. out i will tell...
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merrick garland was nominated to be the nominee, and the senate mitch mcconnell, majority leader at the time, says, no. and it was february. no thanks. we should wait for the presidential election. look where we are now, where legislation can't even get out of either chamber because it would give a win to the president, never mind the real american people who would be helped by both pieces of legislation getting out andgetting to the president's desk for a signature. geoff: i want to bring up the focus of laura baran lopez's report of taylor swift being attacked by right-wing talking heads. what is the political utility of targeting the most popular entertainment figure in the world? why would republicans even engage in that enterprise? >> when ronald reagan was president, the republican party three purposes. celebrate an america where a wholesome pop star fell in love with an attractive football player. this is as americana as you can imagine. yet, what has happened in her trump is abnormality. it is detachment from normal american life to conspiracy mongering. what has also happened i
merrick garland was nominated to be the nominee, and the senate mitch mcconnell, majority leader at the time, says, no. and it was february. no thanks. we should wait for the presidential election. look where we are now, where legislation can't even get out of either chamber because it would give a win to the president, never mind the real american people who would be helped by both pieces of legislation getting out andgetting to the president's desk for a signature. geoff: i want to bring up...